Fire-place attachment



(No Model.)

Patented Sept. 26, 1882.

' J. P. WINTER.

. I FIRE PLACE ATTACHMENT.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC JAMES P. WINTER, or GREEZ'NUP, KENTUCKY.

Fl RE-PLACE ATTACH MENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,990, datedSepteinber 26, 1882,

Application filed J une 5, 1882. (N0 model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES 1?. WINTER, of Greenup, in the county of Greenup and State of Kentucky, have invented anew and Improved Fire-Pla-ce Attachment, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of a heat regulating and reflecting attachment for open fire-places, calculated to control the draft, lessen the escape ofthe heat up the chimney, and increase the reflection of the heat into the room, so as to effect a large economy of fuel in open-fire heaters, as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fire-place with my improved attachment. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the reverse side of the attachment. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of Fig. 2 on line m w,- and Fig. dis a detail of the adjustable part of the regulator in plan view, inverted.

Arepresents an open fire-place, with a grate, B, and front 0 thereto, for holding the fuel.

D and E represent the two plates of an A- shaped draft and heat regulator whichl propose to introduce between thejambs F of the fireplace, above the fire, and below the arch Gr, (dotted,) on supporting studs, cleats, or brackets H, of any approved kind, so that the said regulators may be adjusted to partly or wholly close the passage from front to back of the fire-place by shiftingthe plate E forward and backward on plate D, to which it is attached by the rivets I for so shifting, the holes J in .that when the plate K rests against the front wall and the regulator-platesD and E are in the positions shown in Fig. 3 the draft will be open behind the plate D 5 but when plate E'is shifted back to the limit of its range the draft will be wholly closed thereat, so that the products of combustion will escape between the front of regulator D E and the hood L, which will cause great deflection of the heat into the room without materially lessening the draft of the fire. The heat will of course be proportionately deflected forward, according as the regulator is opened or closed, The A shape of the regulator facilitates the deflection of the heat. The lower edge of front plate, K, and the hood conform to the A shape of the regulator. V

In practice the regulator will also be made adjustable lengthwise, to adapt it to be fitted to fire-places of different widths; or the same may be effected by bending the whole device at the angle N, the front plate bein g notched thereat, as shown in Fig. 2, and the notch may be covered by a plate, 0, which may be riveted to one of the parts only; or, being riv eted to both, the rivets may be contrived to be shifted.

A button may be attached to the inside of front plate, K, at the angle, or thereabout, to turn up inside of the front wall of the fireplace, if desired to secure the attachment.

It will readily be seen that a regulator of the kind herein shown may be used with considerable advantage in fire-places of dif- E, and bent arms or brackets M, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The improved fire-place attachment consisting of the front K, hood L, and regulator D E, said front and hood being capable of D E, said front being notched at N to enable endwise adjustment, and the regulator being: the attachment to be adjusted by bending it adjustable back and forth in the direction of in the angle, substantially as described.

the depth of the fire-place, substantially as JAMES PARKER WINTER. 5 described. Witnesses: 4. The improved fire-place attachment con- BERNHARD KUEHBORTH,

sisting of the front K, hood L, and regulator WILLIAM J. A. RARDIN. 

